Rebel McKenzie by Ransom, Candice F. 

BTSB Prebound(Disney/Hyperion, 2012)

BTSB #: 739435 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 4.1 MG RC: 4.4 3-5 Lexile: 610 HL

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Country life - Fiction Nephews - Fiction Loss (Psychology) - Fiction Beauty contests - Fiction Trailer parks - Fiction

Summary: When Rebel, 12, an aspiring paleontologist, spends the summer watching her older sister's son at a mobile home park, she never expects to enter a beauty pageant or meet a hand model.

Remembering Barkley by Frankel, Erin 

BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 2020)

BTSB #: 351194 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 420 AD

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Grief - Fiction Dogs - Fiction Loss (Psychology) - Fiction

Summary: When Barkley doesn't come home, Bear misses his friend. He no longer wants to take walks or play fetch. But as the seasons change, Bear and his human Jacob help each other through their grief.

Rough patch by Lies, Brian 

BTSB Prebound(Greenwillow Books, 2018)

BTSB #: 572540 Temp OS

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.8 LG RC: 2.3 K-2 Lexile: 580 AD

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Loss (Psychology) - Fiction Gardens - Fiction Dogs - Fiction Farm life - Fiction

Summary: Farmer Evan and his dog do everything together and, especially, in the garden but when his dog passes away Evan lets his garden fill with weeds until a pumpkin vine brings new hope.

Scout's heaven by Dumon Tak, Bibi 

BTSB Prebound(Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2018)

BTSB #: 294514 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Animals

Subjects: Loss (Psychology) - Fiction Death - Fiction Dogs - Fiction Family life - Fiction

Summary: Family members try to answer Little Brother's many questions after their beloved dog, Scout, dies, which brings them all some peace.

Stitch in time by Kalmar, Daphne 

BTSB Prebound(Feiwel and Friends, 2018)

BTSB #: 831248 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 800

Genres: Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Orphans - Fiction Aunts - Fiction Loss (Psychology) - Fiction

Summary: In 1927 Vermont, eleven-year-old Donut, recently orphaned after the death of her beloved pops, stands to lose everything when she learns her Aunt Agnes plans to move her to Boston, but little does her aunt know that Donut has no intentions of leaving her friends or her home.

Ten beautiful things by Griffin, Molly Beth 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2021)

BTSB #: 402116 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 3.3 LG F&P: M

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Moving - Fiction Grandmothers - Fiction Automobile travel - Fiction Loss (Psychology) - Fiction Iowa - Fiction

Summary: Lily is moving into her grandmother's farm in Iowa, and she is sad about all the changes necessary in her life--but on the long drive her grandmother challenges her to find ten beautiful things that they can share together.

Things you can't say by Bishop, Jenn 

Paperback(Aladdin Paperbacks, 2021)

BTSB #: 122423 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4 MG Lexile: 610 F&P: Z

Genres:

Subjects: Loss (Psychology) - Fiction Suicide - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction

Summary: Three years after his father's death by suicide, twelve-year-old Drew embarks on a journey toward understanding, forgiveness, and hope.

Things you can't say by Bishop, Jenn 

BTSB Prebound(Aladdin, 2020)

BTSB #: 122428 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4 MG Lexile: 610 F&P: Z

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Loss (Psychology) - Fiction Suicide - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction

Summary: Three years after his father's death by suicide, twelve-year-old Drew embarks on a journey toward understanding, forgiveness, and hope.

Yugen by Reibstein, Mark 

BTSB Prebound(Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square Books For Young Readers, 2018)

BTSB #: 975772 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-9   
Lexile: 560 AD

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Loss (Psychology) - Fiction Mother-son relationship - Fiction Cats - Fiction Haiku

Summary: Illustrations, simple text, and haiku reveal a young boy's longing and remembrance of his mother.